Bemidji, Minn., hotels slap delivery fee on pizzerias

According to the Star Tribune, The Innkeepers of the Bemidji Area, which include operators of Best Western, AmericInn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8 Motel, Comfort Inn and Northern Inn hotels, will charge 50 cents for every pizza box delivered to the hotels beginning April 20.

The Tribune report said the pizza delivery drivers must first stop at each hotel's front desk and register the number of pizzas being delivered. The hotels will tally the charges and bill each pizzeria monthly.

In return for the fee, the hotels' operators said they will recommend those pizzerias to guests. They said they'd also allow payment of the service charge through pizza trade-outs.